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WIRE STRETGHER.

No. 354,153. Patented'D-eo. 14, 1886.

W/ NAi-5555 @l @@1131 UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LAUEER, or LEE, ASSIeNoR E ONE-HALE rro STEPHEN VAN DRESAR, 0E ROME, NEW YORK.

WIREf-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,153, dated December 14, 1886.

Application led July 12, 1886.

To aZZ whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES LAUEER, of the town of Lee, in the county of Oneida, in the State of New York, have invented new and usel'ul Improvements in VVire-Stretchers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying' drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, convenient, and effective implement for stretching wires on fences; and to that end my invention consists of two levers hinged together at one end, twojaws projecting from the hinged end ofone of said levers and standing side by side, with a space between them, and a jaw projecting from the other 1ever and terminating with a curvature toward the other two jaws and adapted to enter the space between the latter, all as hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figures l and 2 are respectively plan and sideviews of my invention; and Fig. 3 is a top view of the same, showing it in its operative position.

Z ZA represent two stout levers formed of iron or steel bars hinged together at one end, as shown at a.

b b are two jawswhich project from the.` hinged end of the lever Z, and stand side by side, with a space between them. From the hinged end of the other lever, Z, projects anotherjaw, c, which terminates with the curvature c toward the jaws b b, and is adapted to enter the space between the latter jaws.

In using the describedimplement for stretching wires on fences, I grip'the wire between Serial No. 207,798. (No model.)

the jaws b b and c, the curvature c of the sin glejaw serving to prevent` the wire from slipping out from between the free ends of the jaws. After the wire is thus gripped I place the levers Z Z across the side of the fence-post, as represented in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and then by using the latter as a fulcruln and pressing on the free ends of the levers the wire becomes stretched, and can be held taut until fastened to the post.`

I do not claim, broadly, an implement composed of two handles pivoted together, and

two jaws Xed to one of said handles, and a u single jaw attached to the other handle, as I am aware the same is not new; but

What I do claim specificallyas my invention 1s- The improved fenee-wire-stretching implement, consisting of the levers Z Z, hinged together at one end, two jaws on the hinged end of one of said levers and standing side by side, with a space between them, and a jaw projecting from the other lever and terminating with a curvature toward the other two jaws and adapted to enter the space between the latter, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof l havehereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of twov attesting witnesses, at the city of Rome, in the county of Oneida, in the State of New York, this th day of June, 1886.

CHARLES LAUEER. [n s] Witnesses:

C. H. DUNNING, C. W. WRITE. 

